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Cartesian plane

• a plane containing two perpendicular axes,
x the horizontal axis and y the vertical axis
which intersect at a point called the origin (0,0).
• position is denoted using coordinates,
called ordered pairs.

EXAMPLE:
Cartesian plane


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